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LAUREL
HILL CEMETERY
Laurel Hill Cemetery sets high on
the Welt Street hill overlooking the
town. Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places, the pre-Civil War
cemetery is not endowed. First known
as City Cemetery, the name was changed
to Laurel Hill in 1902. Early settlers
buried here are four generations of
Daniel Boone descendants, David and
Phena Calvert Holladay, and Buffalo
Bill's aunt Louisa Cody. One of only
a few maintained slave cemeteries in
the state, a quarter section holds
the graves of Missouri slaves. Laurel
Hill cemetery is probably the oldest
cemetery in Platte County, since Weston
was the first town in the Platte Purchase.
A few markers of 1840 can be found. |
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PLEASANT
RIDGE CEMETERY
Located about 3 miles north of Weston
on highway P, off 45 highway. Established
in 1877 on "1/2 acres back of our church
set aside for burying our dead" according
to the church records. Among those
buried there is Mary Owens Vineyard,
fondly called Lincoln's other Mary.
Across the road from the cemetery is
the site of the Pleasant Ridge College
founded by Jesse and Brice Vineyards
in the mid 1800's. |
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MOUNT
BETHEL CEMETERY
The Mt. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian
Church and cemetery is located on the
highest hill in rural Platte County
about 9 miles north of Weston on M
highway. The church building was dedicated
in 1883. |
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GRACELAND
CEMETERY
In April of 1912 Ezra and Florence
Downs gave land adjacent to Walnut
Street for a cemetery to be known as
Graceland Cemetery. Graceland Cemetery
is self-endowed.
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